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e._n 3._o li._n ss_z pl._n 19_o brook_z tit_n praemunire_n pl._n 10._o note_v this_o be_v by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o england_n before_o any_o statute_n make_v 19_o e._n 3._o tit_n quare_fw-la non_fw-la admisit_fw-la 7._o vide_fw-la 39_o e._n 3.20_o note_n the_o statute_n of_o bigamy_n 〈◊〉_d 4_o e._n 1._o observe_v how_o the_o king_n by_o advice_n of_o his_o council_n that_o be_v by_o authority_n of_o parliament_n expound_v how_o the_o say_a council_n shall_v be_v understand_v and_o in_o what_o sense_n it_o shall_v be_v receive_v and_o allow_v here_o statutum_n de_fw-fr anno_fw-la 25_o e._n 1._o carlisle_n vide_fw-la 20_o e._n 3._o tit_n essoin_fw-fr 24._o nota_fw-la the_o first_o attempt_n be_v to_o usurp_v upon_o such_o ecclesiastical_a thing_n as_o pertain_v to_o the_o clergy_n of_o england_n who_o at_o that_o time_n stand_v in_o great_a awe_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o statute_n of_o 9_o e._n 2._o artic_a cleri_fw-la cap._n 16._o see_v the_o ordinance_n of_o 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na._n â—r_n 269._o this_o have_v a_o resemblance_n to_o a_o attainder_n of_o treason_n wherein_o there_o must_v be_v first_o a_o indictment_n by_o one_o jury_n and_o a_o conviction_n by_o another_o 11_o h._n 4.37_o 11_o h._n 4._o fol._n 69.76_o 14_o h._n 4._o fol._n 14._o vide_fw-la 30_o e._n 3._o lib._n ass_n pl._n 19_o before_o vide_fw-la 13_o e._n 3._o certificate_n 6._o vide_fw-la 20_o h._n 6.1_o 37_o h._n 6.42_o 7_o e._n 4.14_o fitz._n na._n br._n 64._o f._n 14_o h._n 4.14_o statut._n de_fw-fr 2_o h._n 4._o cap._n 3._o statut._n de_fw-fr 6_o h._n 4_o cap._n 1._o statut._n de_fw-fr 7_o h._n 4._o cap._n 6._o statut._n de_fw-fr 3_o h._n 5_o cap._n 4._o 4._o stat._n the_o 2_o h._n 5._o cap._n 7._o lollardry_n à _fw-la lolio_fw-la for_o as_o cockle_n be_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o corn_n so_o be_v heresy_n the_o destruction_n of_o true_a religion_n infelix_fw-la lolium_fw-la &_o steriles_fw-la dominantur_fw-la avenae_fw-la virgilius_n et_fw-la careant_fw-la loliis_fw-la 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